Odorrana grahami
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ranidae
Genus: Odorrana
Species:
O. grahami
Binomial name
Odorrana grahami
(Boulenger, 1917)
Synonyms
  • Huia grahami (Boulenger, 1917)
  • Rana grahami Boulenger, 1917

Graham's frog (Odorrana grahami) – also known as the diskless-fingered odorous frog – is a species of frog in the family Ranidae.[2] It is found in China[3] (Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, and possibly Hunan) and Vietnam[4] (in Hoàng Liên National Park in the north).[1] Presumably it is also found in Myanmar in areas adjacent to its Chinese distribution area.[5]

Habitat

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, temperate grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, rivers, and freshwater marshes. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.[1]

Description

Odorrana grahami is a relatively large frog, with males reaching 76 mm (3.0 in) and females 92 mm (3.6 in) in length.[6]

The skin secretions of Odorrana grahami have been subject to biochemical studies, yielding for example antimicrobial peptides.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2022). "Odorrana grahami". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T58607A63857169. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Odorrana grahami". Taxonomy browser. U.S. Library of Medicine. Retrieved 2021-04-04.
  3. ^ Holley D (1988-04-18). "Graham Finds Chinese Like His Frog Sermon". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2021-04-04.
  4. ^ Rowley JJ, Tran DT, Frankham GJ, Dekker AH, Le DT, Nguyen TQ, et al. (2015-05-28). "Undiagnosed cryptic diversity in small, microendemic frogs (Leptolalax) from the Central Highlands of Vietnam". PLOS ONE. 10 (5): e0128382. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1028382R. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0128382. PMC 4447284. PMID 26020250.
  5. ^ Frost DR (2011). "Odorrana grahami (Boulenger, 1917)". Amphibian Species of the World 5.5, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  6. ^ Fei L (1999). Atlas of Amphibians of China (in Chinese). Zhengzhou: Henan Press of Science and Technology. p. 194. ISBN 7-5349-1835-9.
  7. ^ Che Q, Zhou Y, Yang H, Li J, Xu X, Lai R (April 2008). "A novel antimicrobial peptide from amphibian skin secretions of Odorrana grahami". Peptides. 29 (4): 529–35. doi:10.1016/j.peptides.2008.01.004. PMID 18282640. S2CID 207356594.


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